Offbeat @ COPKART
During the last
couple of years the top brass of Bangalore
police deliberated on the ways and means to improve the working conditions
of the police force.
One main point
of the Police Personnel is the irregular working hours which impact their day
to day routine. Of course the Police personnel are trained to cope up with the
same.
As part of the
overall approach to boost their morale, military like subsidised canteens were
introduced in Karnataka State.
In the first week of 2014, Chief
Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday inaugurated police canteen services, similar
to the army canteens, which would sell essential commodities to police
personnel at subsidised prices.
The Chief Minister inaugurated
eight police canteens, including one each for Mysore city, Mysore district,
Mandya, Tumkur, Kolar and Bangalore Rural district, KSRP campus at Koramangala
here and at the Director-General and Inspector-General of Police office.
The overall
target is to have 40 canteens across the state to cater to the 85,000 + police
personnel spread all the state.
The revenue generated from these
canteens will be utilised for police welfare schemes. The products sold at police
canteens will also have “KPC” certification to avoid misuse of the products.
Each individual Policemen/women
will be given a smart card, to help in maintaining a database on purchases,
both monthly and yearly.
At the same time, the smart card
will also have the photograph of the spouse of the policeman so that either one
of them can visit the store for shopping.
However it was observed that the
target audience were not utilising the canteen services to the desired extent.
Feedback from the police personnel indicated the physical distances from their
residences were a major impediment. Another factor was the availability of the
required product at all times.
In a brainstorming session, the
COPKART idea came up. In simple terms, COPKART is an APP through the target
audience can order products of their choice.
Simple isn’t it?
The brain behind COPKART is Mr.
Abhishek Goyal, DCP (CAR head quarters). COPKART was launched this week and
already seen 400 + downloads. COPKART is jointly developed by Bangalore Police
and TechChefs Software Ltd.
At present, awareness programs
are being run amongst the target audience amongst the multiple benefits of
COPKART.
In the next phase, a Payment
Gateway and delivery facility will be incorporated. These would boost volumes
and also reduce the need to have physical stores all over the State. The costs
such saved can be ploughed back for the welfare of the police personnel.
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